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UNITED STATES :Patented May 19, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE. l

ANDREW I-I. BAKER, CE RRCCKTCN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSICNCR ou ONE- HALE To oTIS-Ir. CURTIS, or RRCCKTCN, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOT 0R sHoE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 728,533, dated May 19, 1903.

Application filed July 11, 1902. Serial No. 115.147. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it muy concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW H. BAKER,l

of Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefullmprovementsin Boot or Shoe Holders, of which the following is a specification. Y t

This invention relates to a new and improved holder for boots and shoes.

Figure v1 is a perspective view showing a ing broken away. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view on the line4 4 of Fig. 2, showingthe attening of the upper side of the rod and the engagement of the screw therewith. Fig. 5 is aside elevation showing the foot-form reversed from the position in which it appearsy in Fig. 1 in order -to bring the sole ofthe shoe where it can be cleaned or manipulated.

1 represents a bracket adapted to be secured to the wall or other support in any desired way. This bracket is formed with lugs 2 and 3.

4 represents an arm formed at its rear end with a pintle 5, arranged in suitableA apertures in the lugs 2 and 3. From the upper end of the pintle 5 the arm extends horizontally, as at 6, thenidownward, as at 7, then rearward, as at 8, and then forward, as at 9.

10 represents a foot-form provided with a:

longitudinal aperture'll and a vertical aperture 12, communicating therewith. The aperture or hole 12 is preferably screw-threaded for the reception of the threads of the screw 13. VThe upper face of the part 9 is attened, as at 14, in order that the end of the screw 13 may engage therewith and hold the form in longitudinal adjustment upon the part 9 and also prevent the form from turning on said part. The lug 3 is shown as formed with a notch 1 5, into which the part 6 of the arm 4 may drop in order to hold the arm against sidewise movement when the device is being'used. When not-in use, ther part 6 is lifted out ofthe notch 15 and swung around to the position shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a detail viewA In practice the boot or shoe 2O is pulled upon the foot-form 10, the heel being pulled up over the part 8 of the arm 4,' which is shown as having a curvature corresponding to that of the rear portion of the heel of the boot or shoe. The foot-form 10is then pushed forward into the shoe and locked in place by l pintle 5, and the part 9 is inserted in the'lugs 2 and 3. This enablesthe form to be placed upon theY part 5, so that the shoe can be placed thereon with the heel pointing downward. Y

It will be observed that the portions 8 and .-7, respectively, of the arm are of such length and shape that 'they will bear against the inside of the counter and upper of a high-cut shoe at the rear thereof. By employingl a fore part or foot-form having a higher instep portion than that shown in the drawings -all portions of a high-cut shoe will be so supported that the ankle portions of the shoe may be effectively polished, as well as the vamp and instep.

In place of the flat part 14 on the rod I may provide the latter with a pinA 2l, arranged to slide in a suitable slot 22, communicatin g with Y the recess 11, as shown in Fig. 2.

The construction shown is exceedingly simple and inexpensive and meets all the requirements of a device of this sort.

Having thus explained the nature of myinvention and described a way of making and using the same, although without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes of its use, what I claim, and desire to'secure'byLetters Patent, is-

1. A hoot or shoe holder comprising a footform having a recess communicating with its rear face, a continuous bent rod formed as an arm adapted to'enter said recess and `having an integral part to conform to the interior of the heel portion of the upper of a boot or shoe, and means for adjustably securing the form and arm together.

2. A boot or shoe holder com prising a footform having a recess communicating with its rear face, and a supporting-arm therefor comprising an integral member having angular ends, either one of said ends being constructed to be secured in the recess of the foot-form or to be fitted to a bracket, whereby the form may be supported with the sole portion or the instep portion uppermost.

3. A boot or shoe holder comprising a footform having a recess communicating with its rear face, and a supporting-arm therefor comprising an integral member having angular ends, either one of said ends being constructed to be secured in the recess of the foot-form or to be iittedto a bracket, whereby the form may be supported with the sole portion or the instep portion uppermost, means being provided for adjustably securing the foot-form relatively to the supporting-arm.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ANDREW H. BAKER.

W'itnesses:

P. W. PEZZETTI, R. E. BULLooK. 

